Week 8: Match-ups

Another week with six teams on a bye - if the past couple of weeks is anything to go by then some teams will struggle again. Not that fielding a full line-up provides any certainty of success, active players can still bring the suck.

Two teams this week are playing for The Gardener award - US Forces can cut Doof down to size, while Zim will be looking to hammer some nails into Breesus (too soon?).

Woolibeans [Isabel] (37) v Illuminators [Lighties] (115)

Currently the most skewed of all match-ups this week, Wooli has four active players that are looking at posting zero. The Lighties meanwhile have put up a very solid team that has fairly realistic projections. Wooli's bench is sporting enough players to fill the WR and RB gaps while a quick trip to Free Agency for a new kicker shouldnt take too long. A quick two-minute drill and Wooli will be back in contention.

Agent P (95) v Endlessnessism (73)

Agent P is looking to arrest a 3-game slide while Endless needs to make sure she doesn't get on the slide, having dropped one last week. Both teams look pretty good on paper, with Endless only behind on projection because she needs a new defense and QB. During the week Dave Dameshek called Aaron Rodgers the GOAT (Greatest of all Time), and there he is, waiting patiently on Endless's bench to be activated. A defense from free agency and the stats will be pretty even.

Grid Iron Maidens (83) v Farnsworths (88)

A close match up between two of the cellar dwellers. The Maidens can replace Blackmon with Jackson on the bench to complete the line-up and get in front on the projections. The Farnsworth's will be looking to Andy Dalton to open the week with a big game and break to 10 projected points, which seems very low to me.

Zim (56) v Breesus (93)

Looking to prune her second The Gardener award, Zim will need to manage her bye'd players and hope that her QB carousel can actually bring some love. Breesus, meanwhile, has set up a typically strong line-up that has delivered six wins in a row. We won't know until Tuesday lunchtime who came out on top.

Doof (97) v US Forces [The General] (134)

The second of The Gardener awards up for grabs and US Forces are throwing their might around with a hefty 134 point projection, a good dose of smack-talk and, being friends with Adam Weishaupt, no doubt some black sacrifices too. Doof has a solid 97 projection, which would be competitive in most other games this week. This game will be over by 1pm Monday.